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As of 2011, Poland consumes 77 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the second-largest coal consumer in the European Union and the 10<sup>th</sup> largest in the world. But since the late 1980s, coal production took a steep decline in Poland, as several large mining operations were shuttered. Warsaw-based design firm, <a href="http://www.nizio.com.pl/">Nizio Design International</a>, has come up with a creative solution for the abandoned <a href="http://www.starakopalnia.pl/index.php/start">Stara Kopalnia</a> coal mine in Walbrzych, Poland....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-coal-mine-complex-in-poland-to-be-reconfigured-into-a-science-and-art-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Stara Kopalnia adaptive reuse by Nizio Design International

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As of 2011, Poland consumes 77 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the second-largest coal consumer in the European Union and the 10<sup>th</sup> largest in the world. But since the late 1980s, coal production took a steep decline in Poland, as several large mining operations were shuttered. Warsaw-based design firm, <a href="http://www.nizio.com.pl/">Nizio Design International</a>, has come up with a creative solution for the abandoned <a href="http://www.starakopalnia.pl/index.php/start">Stara Kopalnia</a> coal mine in Walbrzych, Poland....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-coal-mine-complex-in-poland-to-be-reconfigured-into-a-science-and-art-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Stara Kopalnia adaptive reuse by Nizio Design International

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As of 2011, Poland consumes 77 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the second-largest coal consumer in the European Union and the 10<sup>th</sup> largest in the world. But since the late 1980s, coal production took a steep decline in Poland, as several large mining operations were shuttered. Warsaw-based design firm, <a href="http://www.nizio.com.pl/">Nizio Design International</a>, has come up with a creative solution for the abandoned <a href="http://www.starakopalnia.pl/index.php/start">Stara Kopalnia</a> coal mine in Walbrzych, Poland....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-coal-mine-complex-in-poland-to-be-reconfigured-into-a-science-and-art-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Stara Kopalnia adaptive reuse by Nizio Design International

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As of 2011, Poland consumes 77 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the second-largest coal consumer in the European Union and the 10<sup>th</sup> largest in the world. But since the late 1980s, coal production took a steep decline in Poland, as several large mining operations were shuttered. Warsaw-based design firm, <a href="http://www.nizio.com.pl/">Nizio Design International</a>, has come up with a creative solution for the abandoned <a href="http://www.starakopalnia.pl/index.php/start">Stara Kopalnia</a> coal mine in Walbrzych, Poland....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-coal-mine-complex-in-poland-to-be-reconfigured-into-a-science-and-art-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Stara Kopalnia adaptive reuse by Nizio Design International

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As of 2011, Poland consumes 77 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the second-largest coal consumer in the European Union and the 10<sup>th</sup> largest in the world. But since the late 1980s, coal production took a steep decline in Poland, as several large mining operations were shuttered. Warsaw-based design firm, <a href="http://www.nizio.com.pl/">Nizio Design International</a>, has come up with a creative solution for the abandoned <a href="http://www.starakopalnia.pl/index.php/start">Stara Kopalnia</a> coal mine in Walbrzych, Poland....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-coal-mine-complex-in-poland-to-be-reconfigured-into-a-science-and-art-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Stara Kopalnia adaptive reuse by Nizio Design International

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As of 2011, Poland consumes 77 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the second-largest coal consumer in the European Union and the 10<sup>th</sup> largest in the world. But since the late 1980s, coal production took a steep decline in Poland, as several large mining operations were shuttered. Warsaw-based design firm, <a href="http://www.nizio.com.pl/">Nizio Design International</a>, has come up with a creative solution for the abandoned <a href="http://www.starakopalnia.pl/index.php/start">Stara Kopalnia</a> coal mine in Walbrzych, Poland....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-coal-mine-complex-in-poland-to-be-reconfigured-into-a-science-and-art-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Stara Kopalnia adaptive reuse by Nizio Design International

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As of 2011, Poland consumes 77 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the second-largest coal consumer in the European Union and the 10<sup>th</sup> largest in the world. But since the late 1980s, coal production took a steep decline in Poland, as several large mining operations were shuttered. Warsaw-based design firm, <a href="http://www.nizio.com.pl/">Nizio Design International</a>, has come up with a creative solution for the abandoned <a href="http://www.starakopalnia.pl/index.php/start">Stara Kopalnia</a> coal mine in Walbrzych, Poland....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-coal-mine-complex-in-poland-to-be-reconfigured-into-a-science-and-art-center/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Stara Kopalnia adaptive reuse by Nizio Design International

As of 2011, Poland consumes 77 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the second-largest coal consumer in the European Union and the 10th largest in the world. But since the late 1980s, coal production took a steep decline in Poland, as several large mining operations were shuttered. Warsaw-based design firm, Nizio Design International, has come up with a creative solution for the abandoned Stara Kopalnia coal mine in Walbrzych, Poland....